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I get the point. Years ago, it probably made a difference, pre-OBDII, you could have cars that barely ran and rolled coal (despite NOT being a diesel). It also wasn't uncommon to see cars that look like they'd been run until they had run off their last legs and then had those legs wired back on.

I can imagine, especially up north with the snow/salt, cars might not last long enough to get that bad.

The county where I live now, there's no emissions inspection which surprised me when I found out. I guess that's a benefit of living in the country.

For the past 25 years, the inspections (safety and emissions) have been sniffer (until OBDII). Since then, it's CEL, gas cap, wipers, lights, tires, horn, and E-brake.